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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7430

12 August 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Law Society wants compensation for family legal aid firms

Appeal court extends protection for investment clients

In-house lawyers are celebrating victory in their long-running campaign to reduce the cost of their practising certificate fees

The Fawcett Society is seeking a judicial review of the government’s emergency budget for alleged failure to comply with equality laws

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is considering plans to cut its £9bn budget by £2bn, it emerged this week.

Demand for law firm services in the UK and US was largely flat for the second quarter of 2010 and rate growth was weak according to the latest findings from Hildebrandt Baker Robbins’ Peer Monitor Index (PMI).

Solicitors’ rules on confidentiality have been amended.

Self-employed workers and their partners are to gain maternity and pension benefits under EU legislation that came into force last week.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Mark Hastings, Quillon Law

NLJ Career Profile: Mark Hastings, Quillon Law

Mark Hastings, founding partner of Quillon Law, on turning dreams into reality and pushing back on preconceptions about partnership

Kingsley Napley—Silvia Devecchi

Kingsley Napley—Silvia Devecchi

New family law partner for Italian and international clients appointed

Mishcon de Reya—Susannah Kintish

Mishcon de Reya—Susannah Kintish

Firm elects new chair of tier 1 ranked employment department

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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